Avenel station

Avenel
Train passing through Avenel station
General information
LocationAvenel Street
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates40°34′42.36″N 74°16′38.14″W / 40.5784333°N 74.2772611°W / 40.5784333; -74.2772611
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone9
History
RebuiltJune 11, 1998–December 22, 1998[1][2]
Passengers
2012166 (average weekday)[3]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Woodbridge
toward Bay Head
North Jersey Coast Line Rahway
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Edgar Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Branch Rahway
Terminus
Location
Map

Avenel is an active commuter railroad station in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Servicing trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, the station serves trains going to Long Branch and Bay Head to New York Penn Station. Avenel station serves as the first (going south) and last (going north) stop of standalone North Jersey Coast Line service, with the line merging into the Northeast Corridor Line at Rahway. The next station to the south is Woodbridge while the next station north is Rahway. Avenel station consists of two high-level side platforms that cross over Avenel Street (County Route 650).

  1. ^ Stainton, Lilo H. (June 12, 1998). "Ground Broken for Train Station". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Stainton, Lilo H. (December 23, 1998). "Avenel Train Stations Rolls Out $1.9M in Upgrades". Home News Tribune. p. B4. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. December 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

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